John Andrew PETERS

(1822-1904)

PETERS, John Andrew,
(uncle of John Andrew Peters [1864-1953]), a Representative from
Maine; born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, October 9, 1822;
attended Gorham Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in
1842; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced
practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1844; member of the State senate in
1862 and 1863; served in the State house of representatives in
1864; attorney general of the State 1864-1866; elected as a
Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second
Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1872; judge of the supreme judicial
court of Maine 1873-1883 and served as chief justice from 1883
until January 1, 1900, when he resigned; died in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, April 2, 1904; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present